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Sharon L. McBride <br />President <br />Sheila Nieagodski <br />Vice President <br />Catuteth Lee <br />Chairperson, Committee <br />of' the Whole <br />Canneth Lee <br />First. District <br />1-tiny Davis, Jr. <br />Second District <br />Sharon L. McBride <br />"Third District <br />Troy Warner <br />Fourth District <br />Eli Wax <br />Fifth District <br />City of South Bend <br />Common Council <br />441 Cowity-City Building • 227 W. Jeflerson Blvd <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Office <br />February 28, 2022 -_ - <br />South Bend Common Council FEB <br />4th Floor, County -City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />CITY CLEKK, b6O I ri BEND, IN <br />Re: SUBTITUTE BILL 22-11 <br />SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, IN SUPPORT OF <br />ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN TEACHING INDIANA STUDENTS <br />Dear Council Members: <br />Bill 22-11, a Resolution in support of academic freedom in teaching Indiana <br />students was voluntarily tabled at the February 14, 2022, Community Relations <br />Committee in order to provide clarification to some Council members and to work <br />collaboratively to strengthen the Resolution. The attached Substitute Bill 22-11 is <br />the result of those efforts. <br />Teaching should be left to teachers and school administrators, not to legislators. <br />Legislative efforts to suppress factual teaching on unpleasant or controversial facts <br />are repugnant to the very foundation of this country. <br />Sheila Nieagodski <br />This substitute Resolution demonstrates the Council's solidarity with all educators, <br />Sixth District <br />counselors, school administrators and school board members who advocate for <br />truthful disclosure of facts in the academic setting. This substitute Bill has the <br />Karen L. White <br />support of groups such as the Local Chapters of the NAACP and Faith in Indiana, <br />At Large <br />along with many teachers and other individuals. <br />Rachel Tomas Morgan <br />We ask that this substitute resolution be distributed to all Council members before <br />At Large <br />this afternoon's Committee meetings. <br />Lori K Hamann <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />At Large <br />Sincerely urs, <br />Lori K. amann., South Bend Common <br />Council, Member At Large <br />'I - 04 <br />(574) 235-9321 * Fax (574) 235-9173 • TDD (574) 235-5567 • littp://www.southbencfiii.gov <br />